To elucidate the significant progress
in specialized areas, the editors invited renowned authorities to
address specific research challenges and recent trends in their area of
expertise. The book begins by focusing on color fundamentals, including
color management, gamut mapping, and color constancy. The remaining
chapters detail the latest techniques and approaches to contemporary and
traditional color image processing and analysis for a broad spectrum of
sophisticated applications, including:

Vector and semantic processing

Secure imaging

Object recognition and feature detection

Facial and retinal image analysis

Digital camera image processing

Spectral and superresolution imaging

Image and video colorization

Virtual restoration of artwork

Video shot segmentation and surveillance

Color Image Processing: Methods and
Applications is a versatile resource that can
be used as a graduate textbook or as stand-alone reference for the
design and the implementation of various image and video processing
tasks for cutting-edge applications.